No Internet Access With Router 1

[arfjay]

I have an old Linksys BEFSR11 2 port [one in and one out] Router. When I install this router between the Computer and the Internet Modem the Internet will not work.

** I have the Internet Modem side plugged into the WAN jack and the Computer into the LAN jack
** There are 6 lights top to bottom 3 for LAN and 3 for WAN - when the router is on and the cables are connected the top 2 lights are on [linklights] and the middle righthand light [act] is flickering.
** there are no internet settings checked on the computer

The same symptoms were exhibited when I tried a BEFSR41 Router [6 ports - an - Uplink and 4 others].

I have never used these before - is there another setting somewhere I am missing. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Ron

 

[bcastner]

It is likely the default IP address of the modem, and that of the Linksys router(s) are the same.

Set the linksys to use a LAN address of 192.168.2.x instead of its default of 192.168.1.x